In Old Norse poetry and later Icelandic poetry, a lausavísa (pl. lausavísur) is a single stanza composition, or a set of stanzas unconnected by narrative...

name and the kenning may mean simply "jötunn".[citation needed] In a lausavísa composed by Vetrliði Sumarliðason and quoted in Skáldskaparmál, Gjálp...

giantess" = "slayer of giants" = "the god Thor" (Steinunn Refsdóttir: Lausavísa 2). If the figure comprises more than three elements, it is said to be...

influence over Scotland died out by the time of Cnut's death. Further, a Lausavísa attributable to the skald Óttarr svarti greets the ruler of the Danes...

Bági ulfs Enemy of the Wolf Sonatorrek (24) Baldrs faðir Balder's father Lausavísa from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa Báleygr Baleyg Flaming Eye, Shifty Eyed...

Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta. Only one stanza of his work survived, a lausavísa praising Thor for having killed giants and giantesses: Thou didst break...

clemency for her father. On this occasion she composed a skaldic stanza (lausavísa), which is one of the few examples of skaldic poetry composed by a woman...

Wolds to distract the men of the Swedish king. N Eyvindr Skáldaspillir, Lausavísa 8 gold serpent's lair Serpents (and dragons) were reputed to lie upon...

his stabbing from below. Þorfinnr munnr is attributed with composing a lausavísa, recorded in Ólafssaga. In this account, Olaf asked him to compose a poem...

Úlfr refused to be involved. This request, which takes the form of a lausavísa, is all that survives of his work. But according to Snorri's Háttatal...

kill the priest, but Úlfr refuses to be involved. He then composes the lausavísa that is, along with Húsdrápa, all that survives of his work. Ulfr's poetry...

Unknown skald or skalds from a number of texts, mentioned as Lausavísur or Lausavísa. Anonymous Poems (Anon) - A collection of anonymous poems, authors unknown...

his that have survived were ostensibly composed while in captivity. One lausavísa is attributed to Bersi in the surviving fragments of Óláfs saga helga...

Styrbjörn is found in Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa, where the following lausavísa (about 985) mentions him: Eigi vildu Jótar reiða gjald til skeiða, áðr...

English scīn-lǣce ('sorceress'). The death of Leikn is mentioned in a lausavísa composed by Vetrliði Sumarliðason which praises Thor for having killed...

Extracts available from De Re Militari. Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Anonymous, Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’...

of his jotun origins is mentioned in Skáldskaparmál, where there is a lausavísa by Vetrliði Sumarliðason praising Thor for having killed giants and giantesses...

the king. A refrain is also preserved. Aside from the above poems one lausavísa by Glúmr is preserved, composed just after the Battle of Stord. Finnur...